The major sticking point for most people planning an expedition is money. Right? How they can fund it and who will sponsor them. Yet, I've never been on an expedition that had enough money or, for that matter, met anyone else that has. Few are the groups who can afford the latest and greatest bits of kit they've been dreaming of and scarcer still the team who arrives in the Himalaya fresh from a pampered fl ...

The next best thing to the thrill of an expedition is planning one. Poring over a map, tracing the line that you're going to walk/run/cycle/fly and piercing it with a pin as the idea once did your heart. Punching key words into Google, scouring message boards and gulping down Wikipedia articles to feed greedily with one hand your knowledge and with the other hand your enthusiasm. A fine pastime if you've go ...

"I'm tired when I get home from work.""I couldn't do that sort of thing.""There aren't enough hours in the day."I can't help with all of the excuses but, with that last one, I can.I happen to agree though. There aren't enough hours in the day to fit in all of the exciting things in this life.Sometimes we have to get up early and other days we squeeze things into our lunch break. But there are times when eve ...

"I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks" - Daniel Boone, American pioneer and explorer When was the last time you didn't know exactly where you were? Or at least that you couldn't find out instantly from your phone or the robotic voice of that device mounted on your windscreen? How boring! If you have never found yourself lost, without map or clue then you have missed a ...

A friend of mine told me about a couple who, once a year, would walk to the horizon. They would look out their window, pick a spot on the line in the distance and set about getting there. I am going to steal that idea for this month's Everyday Adventure. The horizon is the visible outline where earth meets sky. If you stand on a flat plain or out at sea, it will probably be about 3 miles away. Rise 100 metr ...

It has been too long since I last challenged you to an Everyday Adventure. I hope you have been squeezing the juice out of life these past months but I fear you may have let it slip you by. What have the last few weeks held for you? If the answer is some permutation of "Not enough", then I will kindly ask you to set your alarm for early tomorrow morning because you are making up for lost time. This month I ...

Rain water trickles down my sleeve, inside the back of my glove and sends a chill up my forearm. From my experience in the outdoors, wet gloves means cold hands and that's a bad thing. Pause to assess the situation. I'm on my bike and it's raining hard but I'm only a couple of miles from home. Frost bite ain't an issue today and all I need from my digits is the crude ability to grip the break levers. A larg ...

Enjoying the pungent aroma of a fellow Tube rider's sweaty armpit thrust across your face. Sat in static traffic so long that the radio starts repeating songs you heard earlier. Watching your breath as you shiver waiting for a bus that should have been here, ooh, a good half hour ago now. Commuting is a drag. Not only do you have to endure all of the above but you're not even trying to get somewhere you wan ...

I'm quite excited about my plan for this evening's Everyday Adventure. I wish I could tell you what it is but I can't. Not just just yet, anyway. If I pull it off then I promise to add it in the comments box tomorrow morning. But anyway, this isn't about me. It's about you...How did you sleep this month?Back at the start of February I gave you a brief: to camp in your living room, sleep with the windows and ...

Did you ever build a fort in your living room and sleep in it when you were a kid? Camp in your back garden and get scared by the sound of the local cat outside / noise of the wind / shadow of your dad coming out to check on you? How about a sleepover with a midnight feast at your friend's house? There are many simple pleasures from childhood that we lose as adults and the excitement of sleeping somewhere n ...

The end of 2010's first month is almost upon us and it is time to reflect... on your lunch breaks. At the start of the month I set you the challenge of breaking free from your workplace and making the most of your lunch hour. On Monday we'll have a new Everyday Adventure idea but in the meantime... what did you get up to? The Everyday Adventure concept seems to have struck a chord with many of you and word ...

If work is a prison then let the lunch hour be your escape. Like your job, hate your job, love it or just tolerate it, that one hour slot at lunch is your chance to break free. Your mission this month, should you choose to accept it, is to capitalise on your lunchbreak, escape your workplace and cram in as much as possible. Here are some ideas: See how far away from your office you can get in the allocated ...